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AC levels not fully restored in the lab today, but it's better than it was yesterday so far. Whenever it is I stop being paranoid about it, I'll actually let myself feel the temperature (as opposed to drinking cool things and dipping into the cold room periodically). It was a tad hellish here yesterday, in case my wiped-out whiny posts weren't a clue.

In fact, speaking of Hell (specifically, it freezing over): Pat Robertson says there IS global warming. Good. First sane thing I think he's ever said. We need to encourage more religious-bent fundies to think more...well, I can't think of a polite way to say it, so I'll just say they need to think correctly about global warming, damn it.

On an entirely unrelated note? Our cats have some serious problems. Nothing that alarms me, just that annoys me. Last night, Wally peed on feiran curtains. This morning while I was getting ready to go, I noticed Oscar had a little dribbly butt thing going on, and I couldn't get to him before he dropped a present on my floor. When I came back with a towel to clean it, I found I hadn't been looking carefully enough. He'd left little dollops wherever he'd been walking around (thank God, he hadn't climbed on anything). I closed them in the office room for now, and I'll check in on them at lunch, see if the situation is improved. But cleaning up cat shit on my floor first thing? Not exactly my favorite morning activity.

The peeing thing...well, I know male cats tend to spray sometimes, but I thought getting them neutered basically took care of that. Far as I know, my male cat at my parents' place hasn't sprayed as much in his ten years with us as these two have in the past few weeks. Any thoughts, cat lovers?

Note to self: No Chinese food above 125th street

The post-doc just found a penny in his egg roll. BLECH.

Hey, I'm bored and I realize I haven't made plans for tonight. What all are people doing? Anyone have any interest in seeing a movie? Maybe Clerks II? I am open to suggestions, willing to host video gameage of all stripes on our MEGA TV (::bribe bribe::). Or, you know, go somewhere with air conditioning--that works, too.

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Another classic Batman: the Animated Series episode: "The Laughing Fish."

The second I say the title, I bet my entire friendslist knows the episode I mean. Good, I don't have to explain. It's one of my favorites, again, so to date, the second volume of this show is the superior set. And given that I'm still on disc 1, I'd say that's pretty damn amazing. I think this one even has "Almost Got Him," which is probably my favorite episode. But, I say that, and I'll probably retract it tomorrow when I come across another episode that's my favorite.

Anyway, "The Laughing Fish"? Classic. A little more silly-Joker than psychotic Joker...or so it seems. I still don't buy him looking to go semi-legit with the fish thing, but his threatening people who won't patent his product? Pure Joker. Plus, there's the fabulous exchange with him and Harley Quinn where she says "You know you're really sick, don'tcha boss?" And he smiles, nods, and goes "Mmm-hmm!" so smugly, I need to cuddle Mark Hamill right now.

Then there's the ending.

Batman bitch-slap backhands the Joker. If ever there were a better way to put the Joker in his place, it has not yet been discovered by man. I mean that. To the ends of the Earth, I mean that. Yes, two mortal enemies locked in a never-ending struggle to maintain their sanity around one another, blah blah. Day-am, Batman jus' had tah slap a ho.